Publications by authors named "Qitong Zhao"

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of family resilience, caregiver needs, and caregiver readiness on benefit finding for family caregivers of patients with stroke and to examine the mediating role of caregiver needs and caregiver readiness between family resilience and benefit finding.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, convenience sampling was designed and used to recruit participants from three general hospitals in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, from February to September 2022, in which 340 participants completed the General Information Questionnaire, Chinese version of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (C-FRAS), Caregiver Needs Assessment Scale (CNAS) Chinese version of the Caregiver Preparedness Scale (C-CPS), and Caregiver Benefit Finding Scale (CBFS). Model 6 in process version 4.

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Background: The resources available to fight an epidemic are typically limited, and the time and effort required to control it grow as the start date of the containment effort are delayed. When the population is afflicted in various regions, scheduling a fair and acceptable distribution of limited available resources stored in multiple emergency resource centers to each epidemic area has become a serious problem that requires immediate resolution.

Methods: This study presents an emergency medical logistics model for rapid response to public health emergencies.

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Article Synopsis
  • Manganese dioxide (MnO) in various crystal phases is explored for its effectiveness in breaking down toluene, revealing its catalytic activity varies significantly among different phases.
  • The study prepares six crystal phases of MnO (α, β, γ, ε, λ, δ) and ranks their performance, showing δ-MnO performs the best while β-MnO is the least effective.
  • High catalytic efficiency is attributed to the presence of oxygen vacancies and the mobility of oxygen species, emphasizing the need to consider crystal phase when developing new catalysts for reducing volatile organic pollutants.
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Objective: To determine any differences in self-reported dysphagia in patients treated with single-level anterior cervical decompression with different zero-profile implants (arthroplasty vs. arthrodesis) and identify risk factors for postoperative dysphagia.

Methods: A total of 112 patients with 1-level cervical degenerative disc disease were included in the prospective study.

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